I was doing a search on Dogpile saw another company using part of my website to advertise theirs. What to do?
2006-11-17 07:54:47 · 4 answers · asked by mtnmomma 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Using your pictures? Your web pages? How did he use them? Just copied them? Or did he linked them from your site?
If linked from your site... this takes a bit of persistence, but it's VERY effective and satisfying. :) Replace the stolen content with pictures that says something to the effect that
"This picture was linked illegally from _______. Please visit _____ if you want to know the details."
Obviously, change your own website to link to the REAL picture's new name. :)
Do this once every two days, create a new name for your existing pic, change your website, and put in another "this picture ____" That way even if he changes his website he's still ****ed.
If webpages are stolen (put inside a frame, etc. you bascially do the same thing. :) Similar.
Keep this up for a month. You'll drive that guy bonkers and probably out of business.
However, if he merely stole the CONTENT of your webpages, that's more difficult to retaliate on as it's very difficult to prove who owns what, and a lot of people are still mistakenly considering all webpages being in the public domain, thus, fair game to any copying! It's wrong, but it's hard to "fix". You can complain to their ISP, write up a lawyer-looking letter that demand a certain webpage be taken down for copyright violation, but it's unknown how long they will take to do so.
A long time ago someone copied my Star Trek website verboten onto their Lycos account and it took Lycos 1.5 weeks to kill it. And that's on a free host. If they pay for their own space you may have even harder time convincing their host.
2006-11-17 08:05:33 · answer #1 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2016-05-21 23:25:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a compnay you work for advise your admin. If it's YOUR website: contact dogpile yourself, tell them you don't appreciate it, and ask for them to take whatever it is off.
Hope this helps!
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2006-11-17 07:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by AshleyNichole049 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SUE THEM. SUE THEM BIG
2006-11-17 07:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by HAREEM HAQUE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋